fourth time blocked the bid to list Pathankot terror attack mastermind Azhar +NEW DELHI: India on Friday said that China's continuous blocking of Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar 's designation as a global terrorist by the UN will not deter it from fighting terrorism. "I think the decision by a country to block a consensus should not be seen as an end to our counter-terrorism efforts. What is important is that it does not, in any way, take away our resolve to fight terrorism," ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.During a media briefing, he said India will continue to work with like-minded countries to fight terrorism. "It will not impact our resolve to fight terror," he said, referring to China's decision.China had on Thursday for theas a global terrorist by the UN, saying "there is no consensus" within the members of the sanctions committee.A veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, China has repeatedly blocked India, the US and other nations' bid to put a ban on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief under the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the Council.Kumar said India had taken up the issue with the highest level of the Chinese government.

Source: Times of India November 03, 2017 12:56 UTC